Dr. Mabel Bianco

Mabel Bianco (Argentina) Founder of Women ARISE, President of the Fundación para Estudio e Investigación de la Mujer (Foundation for Studies and Research on Women/FEIM). FEIM is a women’s NGO doing research, advocacy, training, and fieldwork on women’s issues, particularly in Sexual and Reproductive Health, in Argentina. As President of FEIM since its founding in 1989, Bianco has participated in United Nations Conferences including the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), ICPD +5, Beijing, Beijing +5, Children Summit, and others. She has been a member of the Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights, UNAIDS since 2002. She has been a board member of the International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC) since 2002 and has been serving as Vice Chair since 2008. Bianco is a member of Global Steering Committee of the World AIDS Campaign since 2006. Since 2009, she has been a member of the Technical Review Panel of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and is a gender expert and member of the Developing Country NGO Delegation to the Board of the Global Fund.Specialist in Epidemiology; President of Fundacion Para Estudio e Investigacion De la Mujer (Foundation for Studies and Research on Women); Board Member, Latin American and the Cariibean Women's Health Network (LAWHN); Regional Secretary of LACCASO ( Latin American and the Caribbean Council of AIDS Services).